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The Koch brothers’ black liquor moonshine
Question: If you mix a cocktail of “black liquor,” biofuels, diesel and a generous splash of tax subsidies — then have it shaken vigorously by Sen. Mike Crapo and served in a golden goblet by corporate lobbyists — what do you call it? Answer: Koch Brothers Moonshine.

Letters | Finley’s poison pill
Correction: A July 26 Uncensored column, “Mental health care, not gun laws,” incorrectly stated that among the laws believed to have been broken by the suspect in the July 20 Aurora movie theater shootings was that he had acquired an extended magazine for his AR-15.

Science and contraception
What did the study reveal? That human factors — such as forgetting to take the pill at the same time every day — play a huge role in contraceptive failure and unwanted pregnancies. When that human error factor is removed, women enjoyed a 99.1 percent effectiveness rate from contraception.

Quotes
—State Department spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, responding to Iran’s effort to gather a group of nations in a new approach to dealing with the Syrian civil war.

In case you missed it | CU's latest ranking reeks
What? CU was ranked third in Newsweek's party school rankings? Deplorable!

Fracking and academic freedom
A former researcher who says he left the Colorado School of Mines due to pressure from the oil and gas industry has now lost his university job in Wyoming after an industry association complained to his superiors about comments he made about fracking.

BeadforLife is on a roll
Here in Boulder, people place a lot of emphasis on sustainable living. For Boulderites, sustainability might mean energy efficiency and lowering the community’s carbon footprint. It might mean cultivating local food. But it also might mean creating and sustaining local businesses and jobs.

eco-briefs
The proposed mine is expected to be one of the largest of its kind in the world. The EPA recently expressed concern over the environmental impact of such a mine on the sockeye salmon fishery (the largest in the world), the indigenous people of the area and the fragile ecosystem on which they rely.

One stage to rule them all
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge will spend a week pitting cyclist against cyclist for top rank in a race that claims to be one of the world’s toughest. But when the bike tires turn toward Boulder on Aug. 25 for the last stage of racing before the final time trial in Denver, the race will become personal for a few of its riders.

Ladies first ahead of USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Women will come first when cyclists start racing into Aspen on Aug. 22. That’s right, the all-men’s cycling USA Pro Cycling Challenge will be preceded by the Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge, a criterium race in downtown Aspen that finishes an hour before riders in Stage 3 of the Pro Cycling Challenge from Gunnison are expected to arrive in Aspen.

To the rescue — if necessary
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMRG), the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the Boulder Police Department and the fire departments from several local communities are coordinating rescue plans for the Boulder County portion of the USA Pro Cycling...

Pilgrims of the stage
For me, folk music is a drug, a truth serum of sorts. It has the ability to make me see my life for not only what it is but also what it could and should be. I suspect I’m not alone.

Still playing folk guitar
If Stephen Stills isn't doing cartwheels across the stage and jumping off of amplifiers this summer on his tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, he'll have a good excuse.

Sharon Van Etten finds road to happiness passes through ‘Tramp’
Completing an album can be like a life passage, closing one chapter and opening another. The third chapter in Sharon Van Etten’s recorded history, Tramp’s a haunting record that pushes out beyond the minimalist, emotionally raw folk of Van Etten’s first two albums.

Poetry in motion
Given the presumed lack of attention to all things poetical by the younger generation, a play like The Belle of Amherst becomes monumentally important.

Event calendar | Week of August 16, 2012
March Fourth Marching Band. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Arts | Week of August 16, 2012
Carol Walker's photos are on view at NCAR's Mesa Laboratory

Words | Week of August 16, 2012
Doug Fine, author of Farewell My Subaru, will read from his latest book, Too High to Fail, at the Boulder Book Store Aug. 16.

Theater | Week of August 16, 2012
The one-woman show Charmed, I'm Sure! runs as part of the Boulder Fringe Festival.

Bourne to be bored
The film opens with Cross in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, having to fend off a wolf attack and survive an extraordinarily hostile environment until he meets up with another agent (Oscar Isaac). Cross learns he’s not the only Outcome creation and is then forced to make his way back to civilization after a drone attacks their isolated cabin.

Comedians united
Writers Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell move beyond the standard skewing of attack-ad politics and candidates that are either incompetent or lecherous. Oh, sure, they have fun with the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, but the villains are the ones shouting “pay no attention to the douchebags behind the curtain.

Reel to reel | Week of August 16, 2012
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic.

Wake up and smell the coffee
Safer than a pub crawl and more energetic than a wine tasting, next month Boulder will play host to an event sure to generate plenty of buzz among those in attendance. Just don’t plan on taking a nap afterwards.

Tidbites | Viva la Revolucion!
A new fastcasual restaurant promising a Mexolution in Boulder eating recently opened on University Hill. Zanitas Mexican Restaurant touts fresh creations, a full-service bar and impeccable location as reasons to spice up one’s dining experience.

A classic diner standby still delivers
The energetic cooks and servers here are a friendly yet efficient lot, and the menu holds few surprises for a breakfast and lunch joint. Offerings include a full complement of egg dishes ranging from single egg, bacon and toast kids specials for $4 to $8 jumbosized helpings of huevos rancheros.

Appetizers
Pearl Street’s Cured, a small and welcoming shop, is the perfect spot to indulge cravings for fine wine, cheese and charcuterie. This open brick and wood space also includes the sublime Boxcar Coffee’s retail outlet.

Astrology | Week of August 16, 2012
ARIES - These days you have a knack for reclamation and redemption.